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![Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-17-124434.jpg)
Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image
By Hirotaka Koike
As one of the negotiators representing the Asia-Pacific, Japan's reluctance to embrace agreed global rules capping plastics use is concerning.
![Cups, Straws, Spoons: India Starts on Single-use Plastic Ban Cups, Straws, Spoons: India Starts on Single-use Plastic Ban](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-01-125558.jpg)
Cups, Straws, Spoons: India Starts on Single-use Plastic Ban
By Aniruddha Ghosal
As a first step, India has identified 19 plastic items that aren't very useful but have a high potential to become litter, including plastic cups, straws, and ice cream sticks.
![Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-guise-1533853_1280.jpg)
Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans
By Kris Hartley
Seriously addressing the region’s plastic apocalypse will require moving beyond blunt moves such as plastic bag bans.
![Confronting Southeast Asia’s Plastics Problem Confronting Southeast Asia’s Plastics Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-10031911582.jpg)
Confronting Southeast Asia’s Plastics Problem
By Mercy Barends
Women play a unique role in plastic management and face different, sometimes greater, risks. No solution is complete without their contribution.
![Indonesia to Return Toxic Developed World Waste Indonesia to Return Toxic Developed World Waste](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-flag-2526462_1280.jpg)
Indonesia to Return Toxic Developed World Waste
By Associated Press
The move adds to growing backlash in Southeast Asia against being a dumping ground for rubbish from industrialized countries.
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